Delta7 Change Ltd » pink and fluffy http://www.delta7.com Transforming your organisation one conversation at a time Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:13:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 A lack of engagement http://www.delta7.com/a-lack-of-engagement/ http://www.delta7.com/a-lack-of-engagement/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:35:07 +0000 Julian http://www.delta7.com/?p=2390 I recently heard an HR director talk about her struggle to get the board to understand that the HR strategy – and engagement in particular – are the keys to driving performance, and that the ‘people agenda’ should fit coherently with the business strategy. Her view was that HR is not taken seriously enough, being seen instead as “pink and fluffy”; the ‘soft stuff’.  That’s something we hear a lot in our work.

Clients often talk about the need for more adult-to-adult conversations where the leaders treat employees with respect and listen to and value their views and concerns.  Time and again, however, engagement surveys tell us that this just isn’t happening.  ‘Soft stuff’?  Hardly.  In my experience the ability to have these kinds of difficult conversations is the ‘hard stuff’.

This picture reminds me that the engagement gap is also between HR and the rest of the board. How can HR leaders engage with other leaders diferently?

What do you think?

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